Danielle Siembieda is the Creative Director of Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (Leonardo/ISAST). As a bold strategist on transdisciplinary programs, STEAM and creative technology, Siembieda develops collaborative explorations through partnership-driven programs such as Leonardo Education and Art Forum, art-science residencies with Djerassi Program and Nokia Bell Labs, and the rapidly growing LASER Talks program with over 40 partner sites around the world. She also fosters global scientific and artistic literacy through promotional leadership of Leonardo Music Journal and Leonardo journal, which has become the leading peer-reviewed publication of 50 years in art, science, and technology research. Siembieda brings over 15 years of leadership experience in community development and strategic communications. She has an MFA in Digital Media Art at San Jose State University at the CADRE Laboratory for New Media with a focus on green technology and sustainable materials. As the founder of Art Inspector: Saving the Earth by Changing Art, Siembieda has turned this social practice project into a business, acquiring funding from Silicon Valley Energy Watch and working with the City of San Francisco Department of Environment to help artists work healthier and safer. She defines her art at “Alter-Eco Art” bridging Eco-Art practice and New Media at the intersection of environment, technology, and community. Her work has been presented globally including the 01SJ Biennial in the heart of Silicon Valley, the National Gallery in Copenhagen and the Education Center of the National Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Dr. Rich Blundell is an ecologist working at the interface of art, science, nature and culture. His research examines how transformation happens across the scales of person, place and planet. As a cultural communicator, Rich tells a scientific story of the universe that includes art and human creativity as natural phenomena. This grant-funded work is grounded in the concept of ecological intelligence and is currently expressed through a traveling workshop for artists, storytellers and all cultural creatives: Into the Artmosphere​, a call for artists to change the climate of our minds.

Lance is a Phoenix-based experimental artist and scholar. His work focuses on points of intersection between performance, technology, science, and religion. An early pioneer in the integration of digital media and theatre, Gharavi specializes in collaborating with transdisciplinary teams of artists, scientists, designers, and engineers to create original and innovative works of media-rich, live performance. He is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University, Associate Director of the Interplanetary Initiative, Director of the art + science collective, St. Bird, and Executive Director of the Centre for Applied Eschatology.

Dr. Stephanie E. Vasko is the Managing Director for the Center for Interdisciplinarity at Michigan State University. She holds a PhD in Chemistry & Nanotechnology. Her research focuses on enhancing communication and collaboration for teams, especially interdisciplinary teams, with the Toolbox Dialogue initiative and via using new technologies such as machine learning, as well as on using new technologies as creative tools. Vasko is a practicing artist; she operates Stephanie Vasko Studio and takes her inspiration from nature and from creating transformative and immersive experiences that evoke a sense of place. She blends natural inspiration and technology to create moments of joy/inspiration/creativity for the viewer and to invite dialogue between artists, scientists, and the general public. She is also the co-chair of the Mayor’s Arts and Culture Commission in Lansing, MI.